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MMGM and #IMWAYR: Long Distance by Whitney Gardner

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First of all, I have a fun announcement: As of Sunday... Completely Full Bookshelf is 6 years old!!! It's hard to believe I've been blogging for this long, but it's true! And it's all thanks to the two wonderful book blogging communities I participate in, MMGM and #IMWAYR, whose wonderful hosts and participants keep me coming back again and again to discover new books and rant about the ones I've read too! Here's to another year of rambling reviews! Speaking of rambling reviews, I have one today, this time of a fantastic MG graphic novel I've been waiting to read for a while. And I'm glad I fit it in, because I did not realize I haven't read an MG book at all since Go with the Flow ...in April! Today's review is of Long Distance  by Whitney Gardner. (A note before we dive in: I'm calling many of the characters in this book nerds, and I'm including a disclaimer here that I mean that in the nicest possible way—I myself am very much a nerd, ...

MMGM and #IMWAYR (11/23/2020): Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice, written by Debbie Levy and illustrated by Whitney Gardner

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Normally, I would review a YA book this week, but I didn't read one because I am super-crazy-ridiculously-busy (I'm already writing this post late at night and a day later than I planned to). With that in mind, I do have an MG review for today, of the fabulous graphic-novel biography Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice , written by Debbie Levy and illustrated by Whitney Gardner.           Most of you probably know that, as yet another awful moment of 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the beloved second female U.S. Supreme Court justice, passed away several weeks ago. Her seat on the Supreme Court (which she held until her passing) has been filled by another woman (though a far more conservative one), Amy Coney Barrett. Barrett's appointment was marked by drama (as is anything Donald Trump is involved in), but, as I said in my post when RBG passed , it is important not to let the drama overshadow Ginsburg's legacy. Special thanks to #IMWAYR blogger Sh...